Podcast Episodes

Joe McCabe American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Fellow, historical figure and a lot more!

Episode 125

Joe McCabe has been in the solar industry since before there was a solar industry. In this podcast we talk about many things. 
 
Here is a list of topics:
 
ASES Fellow
American Solar Energy Society …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Bidirectional EVs with Alex Cattelan, COO Fermata Energy and UL 9741 EV Power Export Equipment

Episode 124

In this podcast, we learn how UL issues first certification to UL 9741 (and UL 1741 SA) for an AI-Driven Vehicle-to-Grid Compliant EV Charger to Fermata Energy.
 
https://www.ul.com/news/ul-solution…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Garret Little, NABCEP PVIP - Garret just passed his NABCEP exam!!! Celebrate!!!

Episode 123

One week before recording this podcast, Garret Little passed his NABCEP PVIP exam, scoring impressively after nine years since his first attempt. In this episode, we discuss his exam experience, mem…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

derek the solarboi, the TikTok and YouTube Sensation!!

Episode 122

I came across a really cool YouTube video, rivaling Mr. Beast, but for solar, which was a purple bearded solarboi going off on Rapid Shutdown UL 3741 PV arrays, I immediately contacted him and a week…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Tyler Hortin of Lion Energy-A Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Company

Episode 121

Great conversation with Tyler Hortin! His company does everything from Wh to GWh and focuses on prismatic cells that are almost 1kWh! This makes for less cells and less connections that can go wrong.…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Tor "Solar Fred" Valenza of Probably True Solar Stories Podcast

Episode 120

Tor "Solar Fred" Valenza is a regular in the solar industry. Tor has a podcast called Probably True Solar Stories, which takes his expertise as a former Hollywood writer and merges that with the sola…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Solar Energy and Policy Entrepreneurship: a Discussion with Erica Goldman, Alice Wu, and Zoë Brouns of the Federation of American Scientists

Episode 119

In this episode we are triple fortunate to have three of the smartest individuals in a discussion on science and policy from the Federation of American Scientists (fas.org), a nonpartisan think tank …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Solar Project Development Software with Matias Sigal, Founder REplace

Episode 118

In this show we talk about the different stages of development of solar projects, which are projects that are from 1MW in size to GW sized projects.
 
Matias Sigal is an entrepreneur and has worked w…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Jon Williams CEO Viridi

Episode 117

In this podcast we talk about safe portable Energy Storage Systems (ESSs). Jon and Viridi are located in Buffalo NY.
 
Topics covered:
 
Portable ESS
Building and Fire Codes including the Internation…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and the NEC with Bill Brooks and Sean White Part 4

Episode 102

In this podcast we have Bill Brooks and Sean talking energy storage system (ESS) Codes, with emphasis on interconnections, including supply-side and load side connections.

Be sure to get Sean and Bil…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago